tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22532513.post2866857450435876312..comments2023-09-19T11:08:09.849-04:00Comments on The Occasional Review: The Beggar Maid, by Alice MunroAkshay Ahujahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07728111336477554136noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22532513.post-69171321065528915752015-10-20T02:25:02.770-04:002015-10-20T02:25:02.770-04:00When author was writing book i think she mainly fo...When author was writing book i think she mainly focused on""Change"". In this book author want to represent two things "How Change affects life and How Relationships affects life" according to me. It is a good focus for devlopment, according to my opinion. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14922636445441036496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22532513.post-81447729375808943332014-10-02T05:27:09.234-04:002014-10-02T05:27:09.234-04:00Thanks for this review! It helped me understand wh...Thanks for this review! It helped me understand why I did not like this book (my first by A Munro) despite the author's evident writing talent... I would now sum it up like that: boring but well-written!...<br />All the best.Excuse my English I'm Frenchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22532513.post-47227273069065571782009-03-13T16:37:00.000-04:002009-03-13T16:37:00.000-04:00I always found "Material" to be uproariously funny...I always found "Material" to be uproariously funny, but then I find her satirical, Flannery O'Connerish side the most fun.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how I would react now, but I also found Munro to give me great insight into female sexuality. I remember one story where the teenage female fantasizes about a boy taking her out on a lake and raping her. She wants to have sex with him, but doesn't want to take any responsibility for it happening, because that would make her a slut.Thursdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002311410445623799noreply@blogger.com